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said the alewife are just starting to come into the shallows to spawn, so the night bite
should pick up – if you want to fish until 2 AM and go to work at 7 AM! The musky activity
has slowed from previous weeks where some in-the-know musky anglers were catching
multiple fish a day; I had one 50 incher reported.”

Norm @ Jamestown Boat Livery; filed 5/18: “It was a good weekend for walleyes. There
were numerous limits reported and anglers did well in the PLA Walleye Tournament. One
of my dock customers weighed in two 25-1/2 inchers and one 22 incher in the tourna-
ment. Crappie bite has been spotty, especially in the South End of lake.”

Laurie @ Duck-N-Drake; filed 5/18: “I heard good reports from the Walleye Tournament.
Most fish were taken in the North End of lake on crawler harnesses and Rapala Shad Raps.
I had a few reports of some crappies around the docks.”

Patty @ Poff’s Place; filed 5/18: “It’s been a mixed bag of reports from anglers. One day
they are successful, the next day not so much. This is due to repeated cold snaps we’ve
had recently. Right now they seem to be catching a lot of perch, crappies and smallmouth
bass.”

Brian @Espyville Boat Livery, filed 5/18: “It has been hit and miss catches due to changing
weather systems. Walleyes bite when it is choppy and rainy; crappies bite when it’s warm
and calm. In the North End, crappies bite is good in the shallows. Walleye bite in the
Stumps is slowing but improving in the Tuttle Point to Clark Island area in 17 to 20 feet.
The big sand bar north of the Espyville Causeway is producing yellow perch.”

Sydney @ Robinson’s Bait; filed 5/18: “Robinson’s was kind of crazy this weekend on the
north end of Pymatuning with the walleye tournament Saturday, and the bite for crappie
being hot. We had reports of large female crappie being caught in the brush all along the
shoreline, yet the males were still out in deeper water. Walleye reports were scarce as eve-
ryone wanted to keep their spots secret for the tournament, but we still received reports
of limits taken on Storm Hot-n-Tots as well as bottom bouncers with crawler harnesses –
both which we have in stock. We also had one gentleman who did not leave his name,
bring in an 8 lb. 7 oz., 27-1/2 inch walleye to be weighed; he caught it on a 1/16-ounce jig
and minnow while crappie fishing. On Saturday and Sunday the bluegills turned on with
several people reporting 50 plus large bluegill being taken. Pictures include the Mitchell
family, Beaver County Fishing Club Pro Staff member Terry Schneider and “Hillbilly Catfish”
Ed with their catches. Take a kid fishing!”

Mike Tullai @ Pymatuning Lake Association; filed 5/178: Mike reports 100 teams com-
peting with 47 teams weighing in. The winning team at the Walleye tournament was Tre-